Adjustable window-screen.



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ADJUSTABLE WINDOW-SCBEERL APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. LWM.

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Patentd mg. 3, 1915..

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ADJUSTABLE 'WINIUOVI $CREEN.

Specification of Letters Patcnt.

Patented Aug. a, rare.

Application July 55. 1914. serial No. 853,110.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known. that I, ASA A. HoYr, a citizen of the United States,residing at "Watsonville, in the county of Santa Cruz and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjust"able Window-Screens; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full,and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings,

' and to the characters of reference marked.

thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements -1 adjustable window screens andis readily adapted to fit into any opening left after raising the windowin the sash. Many windows, especially in large buildings, are notprovided with screens and to this end I have made my adjustable screenwhich will be seen to cover thenecessary requirements. 4

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects, I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of the parts'as will fully appear by a perusal of thefollowing specification and claim.

,On the drawings, similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views. i v

Figure l is a top view of the screen frame.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the frame, :Fig. 3

is a view showing the frame in position. I

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on'thedrawings, the

numeral 1 designates the frame for holding the screen 2. One end of theframe 2 is extended, as at 3, and secured centrally along the edge ofsuch extension 3 is a projecting metal plate 4.

The numeral 6 designates an end bar projecting normally parallel withthe extension 3 and provided with a slot '5 along its length into whichthe plate l normally projects. This member 6 is connected to the. member1 by means of linlrs I turnable on pins 8 on the members 1. and 6. l7l1en the screen is to be inserted in the window,

the member 6 is moved by means of links 7 to that position in which itwill be closest to the member-1 which will. permit the entire device tobe moved past the stops on the window sash. Then by moving the member 1downwardly against the bottom of the sash, this will cause the member 6to be moved to its position farthest away from the member 1 which willextend. the length of the entire device so it will engage the stops andbe held in position in the window sash. The window may then be low--ered to the top of the device as shown in Fig. 3. The metal piece 4:projecting into the groove 5 will keep dust and insects from enteringthrough the space between the members 1 and 6. 1 Practically all windowsare made of a. standard width, namely, twenty-six inches, twenty-eightinches, thirty inches, etc, and hence my improved screen would be madein various sizes to the different widths of windows. entire length of mydevice, when extended, is made a small fraction of an inch shorter thanthe actual width of the window inside the stops to allow for swelling ofthe window sash from moisture or the like.

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that l haveproduced such a'device as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction ofthe device, still in practice, such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent lu A device of the characterdescribed comprising a frame, a screen carried by said frame, aprojecting olate disposed centrally along one end. of said frame, a barprovided with a centrally extending slot. along one edge receiving saidplate, and links connecting said bar and said frame, as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JlSA A. HOYT.

Witnesses ELLEN Wrnrn, W. W. GREEN.

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